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Netflix Gains Six Million Subscribers After Password Sharing Crackdown
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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I was paying for it, for four screens and multiple users, as permitted on their site.
Many others were using other people's accounts for free
No, the accounts were paid for.
No, they were using paid accounts.
If I buy a frisbee and throw it to a friend, my friend doesn’t owe the frisbee company anything. I paid for the frisbee, I can do what I want with it.
If I pay for 4 simultaneous streams from a video company, why is it that company’s business how and when I use them, or who I share them with?
Exactly this
Netflix literally said “Sharing is caring” about passwords a few years back…
I guess they changed their minds then. Hypocrites or not I still feel like wanting to get paid for people using your service is reasonable. I've never used Netflix but if I did I'd imagine this wouldn't affect me much as a paying customer. It seems to mainly be an issue for those who either travel alot or are using somebody else's account
That was their business model, hence why people got upset.
I allow people to use it for free as it's not a huge expense, and it's something nice to do.